Adam Lowry is the co-founder and Chief Greenskeeper of Method Products, Inc., the leading innovator in hip, healthy home care products. Lowry believes that business is our greatest vehicle for positive social and environmental change and that design, redefined, has the power to change our world. As Chief Greenskeeper at Method, Lowry's focus is bringing sustainable innovations to product design, sourcing, production, and marketing.

Prior to founding Method, Lowry worked as a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, developing software for the modeling of climate change, including work on the Kyoto Protocol of 1997.

Lowry began his career in product design in the automotive industry. He has been honored as a Vanity Fair Global Citizen and Man of the Year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. In 2006, Method ranked #16 on Fast Company?s Fast 50, the 50 most innovative companies in the world.

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Co-Founder Adam Lowry shares stories from Method's early efforts to revolutionize the cleaning products market. He describes the challenges of cold calling on customers, making the first sales and scrambling to fulfill orders.